“Have you never been this way before? Sometimes when I visit my aunt down here I go this way.” She resisted the temptation to pet that skin, just taking his hand. “We’re almost there. Are you hungry again? I thought — I brought a surprise for you. I thought we could just wander down the beach?”
“My brother wanted to take me when he came back from his first tour…but he never made it home. I was always going to drive out here once I passed my test though,” he admitted with a small smile, reaching to curl his fingers around hers as he nodded with an eager enthusiasm. “Summer – I’m a teenage boy; I’m always hungry. And yeah, that sounds perfect!”
She laughed and rolled her eyes. “You’ll have to wait til we actually get there, then. I can’t buy enough food to fill you up at a fast food joint.” She cast him a sly glance. “Unless there’s something else you’re hungry for.” She spotted the sign for the Muir woods and sat up a little. “Just a little while longer.”